"There is always fluidity in nature: all things are in motion."
Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.
Not a Stoic. Heraclitus is classed as Greco-Roman & Adjacent: Classical figures who shaped or argued with Stoicism — Socrates, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Cicero and others. Related, but not Stoic.
More quotes from Heraclitus
- "Those who love the truth must investigate many things."
- "It is not possible to step twice into the same river."
- "If you seek the truth, be prepared for the unexpected."
- "Everything flows, nothing remains the same."
- "It is not possible to step twice into the same river, for new waters are always flowing."